arringnl
32 Years Experience
Goose Creek, SC
Male, 54
Currently serving Jasper County Fire Rescue in south Carolina along with Charleston County EMS.
Several ways. First dependant on where you live you can join a volunteer fire department. You do not neccessarilly have to have a college degree before you start or even upon completion of your career. I do recommend getting you EMT in that the majority of Fire Dept. responses are for EMS calls.
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The training is the same usually. But sometimes it comes down to available training time. Career FF train just about every day for at least 2 hrs generally. Volunteers have fulltime jobs that they have and training times are limited. Volunteers do take the same curriculm as career although
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Not the smartest idea. Fingernail polish can be flammable. I would keep it in another location if you are hurting for the room.
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I keep my mounted on my chest where there is a holder for it. I also carry one on my helmet but when you are taking care of pts you dont usually use it since I would be shinning it in their eyes.
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Navy Officer (Former)
Do you think there's a chance the US reinstates the draft?
Bowling Alley Attendant
What do bowling alleys do to keep those nasty shoes clean/sanitary?
Auto Mechanic
If I know nothing about cars, how can I tell if a mechanic is ripping me off?
There are companies that specialise in smoke odor removal after a fire, you may need to have all the insulation removed if it hasn't before.
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Most deifinately the Masters in that it opens more doors since Emergency Management covers many areas, fire, ems, DHS, FEMA to list a few. Broadens your choices.
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Zero support. Lack of maturity and expierence.
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